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The week's reporting from across the Catholic world — what happened, who said what, and what it means.
Irish PM says primary school children must learn 'what it means to be transgender'
a row has emerged between irish prime minister, leo varadkar, and the irish catholic primary schools management association (cpsma), which h...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
The miracle of Jesus’s conception
science has attempted to explain it, but ties itself in knots. on march 25, we celebrate the feast of the annunciation, also known as the fe...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
Episode 39: The Latin Mass Life Raft with Dr Joseph Shaw
the guest for this 39th episode of merely catholic , the podcast series for the catholic herald , is dr joseph shaw, the chairma...
The Catholic Herald
Paprocki calls views of US cardinal 'heretical'
a bishop and distinguished canon lawyer has suggested that views expressed by a recently-appointed us cardinal are “heretical”. bishop thoma...
Simon Caldwell
John P Meier: Catholic biblical scholar of rigour
when fr john p meier died in october 2022, the world lost a renowned catholic biblical scholar – whose ambitious, multi-volume project, a ma...
Nick Ripatrazone
Memories of Masses past and present keep loved ones alive
on 5 november 1962, my father, a retired naval commander, wrote to my headmistress. dear mother shanley, i am disturbed at elisa’s continued...
Elisa Segrave
Deepening faith amidst strife
faith can be deepened, not destroyed, by strife, even when the suffering is unspeakable, says rupert shortt. when the renowned jewish thinke...
Rupert Shortt
Irish government ignores in-depth report in favour of emotive poem
irish prime minister leo varadkar, gave an insight in parliament last week about how policy is made. speaking in the dáil , he told of...
Dualta Roughneen
Housekeeper’s husband officially charged in murder of LA Auxiliary Bishop O’Connell
carlos medina, the suspect in the murder of los angeles auxiliary bishop david o’connell, was arraigned in state court wednesday and formall...
Joe Bukuras
Judge dismisses 'thought crime' case against duo who prayed outside abortion clinic
a judge in birmingham has acquitted a catholic priest and a pregnancy counsellor of so-called “thought crimes” after police charged the pair...
Simon Caldwell
<strong>Why are more Christians killed in Nigeria than everywhere else combined?</strong>
“allahu akbar!” shouted a terrorist in spain recently as he wounded a priest and killed a sacristan in broad daylight. god is great, certain...
John Pontifex
'Almost no sign' of international response in Syria
a catholic charity’s projects coordinator reporting from the scene of the devastating earthquakes has said that there is little, if any, evi...
Staff Reporter
Irish teacher's religious objection to gender affirmation backed by the science
enoch burke was originally suspended from his role as a secondary school teacher at wilson’s hospital school in ireland for refusing to reco...
Dualta Roughneen
Pope Francis prays for Nicaraguan bishop imprisoned for 26 years for trumped-up treason charges
pope francis has expressed his grief at the jailing of a nicaraguan catholic bishop for 26 years on trumped-up charges of treason. the ponti...
Simon Caldwell
Priest charged over free speech protest outside abortion clinic
(fr sean gough was charged with 'intimidating service users' | adf) police charged a catholic priest after he held up a sign with the words ...
Simon Caldwell
Church of England synod member 'rebuked' by Welby for publicly opposing same sex blessings
sam margrave is a left-leaning former local councillor and has been a member of the church of england’s general synod for over a decade. pol...
Gavin Ashenden
CPS rejects charges against Catholic arrested for 'thought crime' prayers
prosecutors have dismissed charges against a catholic woman arrested for praying silently outside a closed abortion facility. isabel vaughan...
Simon Caldwell
Christians can believe in miracles
on february 11 the church keeps the feast of our lady of lourdes, commemorating the day in 1858 when the 14-year-old bernadette soubirous ha...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
When Anglican architects built Catholic churches
as a general rule in the 19th century, and to a slightly lesser extent afterwards, anglican churches tended to be built by anglican architec...
Michael Hodges
Religion and the Rise of Sport in England, by Hugh McLeod
religion and the rise of sport in england hugh mcleod oxford university press, £30, 304 pages a visitor from 200 years ago, landing in engla...
Dr Mark Chapman
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